The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is an independent low-budget horror film classic made in 1973 & released in 1974. It concerns a family of cannibals in Texas, who abduct customers from their gas station, and grind them into sausages. One of the main characters, Leatherface, is one of the most well known villains in horror cinema, notable for his mask of human skin, his blood-soaked butcher's apron and the chainsaw he wields.